Ask your doctor how to reduce fall risk Tripping Hazards Cardiovascular issues Chronic Medical Conditions Over 1/4 of older adults falls each year Hearing Loss Join a fall prevention program Combining Risk Factors Medication review Use your walking aids Falls leading cause of injury 65+ Falls Free Initiative Uneven Surfaces Leading cause of injury related death Exercise for strength and balance 319,000 hospitalizations from hip fractures a year Falling once doubles the chance of falling again Bruising Post-Fall Syndrome Medicare Parts a & b Add lighting to dim areas in the home In 2020, Alaska had the highest percentage of falls 38% (32,717) In 2020, 29.4% of older adults had a fall (512,548) Remove tripping hazards in the home Get your hearing checked Medications Take a free fall risk survey Less than half of those that fall report it Vitamin D Deficiency Issues with Walking and Balance History of Falls Hip Fracture Wear your hearing aids Pace North! Lower Body Weakness Falls are preventable Administration for Community Living TBI most fatal fall injury Arm Fractures STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, % Injuries, CDC) National Institutes of Health Wrist Fractures Ankle Fractures Arm Sprains Most common cause of TBI Skull Fractures 83% of hip fracture deaths in 2019 Get screened for Osteoporosis American Occupational Therapy Association Osteoporosis Fear of Falling Swelling Center for Disease Control 3,000,000 ED visits a year Vision Loss Get your eyes checked once a year Organ Damage Foot Pain and Footwear Non- Healing Foot Wounds Leg Sprains Mayo Clinic TBI Vitamin D Supplements Back Sprains 1,000,000 hospitalizations a year Healthy Steps for Older Adults (HSOA) Take care of your feet National Safety Council National Falls Prevention Resource Center (NCOA) American Physical Therapy Association Wear your glasses National Commission on Aging Eldercare Locator In 2020, Illinois had the lowest percentage of falls 19.9% (399,651) Ask your doctor how to reduce fall risk Tripping Hazards Cardiovascular issues Chronic Medical Conditions Over 1/4 of older adults falls each year Hearing Loss Join a fall prevention program Combining Risk Factors Medication review Use your walking aids Falls leading cause of injury 65+ Falls Free Initiative Uneven Surfaces Leading cause of injury related death Exercise for strength and balance 319,000 hospitalizations from hip fractures a year Falling once doubles the chance of falling again Bruising Post-Fall Syndrome Medicare Parts a & b Add lighting to dim areas in the home In 2020, Alaska had the highest percentage of falls 38% (32,717) In 2020, 29.4% of older adults had a fall (512,548) Remove tripping hazards in the home Get your hearing checked Medications Take a free fall risk survey Less than half of those that fall report it Vitamin D Deficiency Issues with Walking and Balance History of Falls Hip Fracture Wear your hearing aids Pace North! Lower Body Weakness Falls are preventable Administration for Community Living TBI most fatal fall injury Arm Fractures STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, % Injuries, CDC) National Institutes of Health Wrist Fractures Ankle Fractures Arm Sprains Most common cause of TBI Skull Fractures 83% of hip fracture deaths in 2019 Get screened for Osteoporosis American Occupational Therapy Association Osteoporosis Fear of Falling Swelling Center for Disease Control 3,000,000 ED visits a year Vision Loss Get your eyes checked once a year Organ Damage Foot Pain and Footwear Non- Healing Foot Wounds Leg Sprains Mayo Clinic TBI Vitamin D Supplements Back Sprains 1,000,000 hospitalizations a year Healthy Steps for Older Adults (HSOA) Take care of your feet National Safety Council National Falls Prevention Resource Center (NCOA) American Physical Therapy Association Wear your glasses National Commission on Aging Eldercare Locator In 2020, Illinois had the lowest percentage of falls 19.9% (399,651)
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G-Ask your doctor how to reduce fall risk
B-Tripping Hazards
B-Cardiovascular issues
B-Chronic Medical Conditions
I-Over 1/4 of older adults falls each year
B-Hearing Loss
G-Join a fall prevention program
B-Combining Risk Factors
G-Medication review
G-Use your walking aids
I-Falls leading cause of injury 65+
O-Falls Free Initiative
B-Uneven Surfaces
I-Leading cause of injury related death
G-Exercise for strength and balance
I-319,000 hospitalizations from hip fractures a year
I-Falling once doubles the chance of falling again
N-Bruising
N-Post-Fall Syndrome
O-Medicare Parts a & b
G-Add lighting to dim areas in the home
I-In 2020, Alaska had the highest percentage of falls 38% (32,717)
I-In 2020, 29.4% of older adults had a fall
(512,548)
G-Remove tripping hazards in the home
G-Get your hearing checked
B-Medications
G-Take a free fall risk survey
I-Less than half of those that fall report it
B-Vitamin D Deficiency
B-Issues with Walking and Balance
B-History of Falls
N- Hip Fracture
G-Wear your hearing aids
O-Pace North!
B-Lower Body Weakness
I-Falls are preventable
O-Administration for Community Living
I-TBI most fatal fall injury
N-Arm Fractures
O-STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, % Injuries, CDC)
O-National Institutes of Health
N-Wrist Fractures
N-Ankle Fractures
N-Arm Sprains
I-Most common cause of TBI
N-Skull Fractures
I-83% of hip fracture deaths in 2019
G-Get screened for Osteoporosis
O-American Occupational Therapy Association
B-Osteoporosis
B-Fear of Falling
N-Swelling
O-Center for Disease Control
I-3,000,000 ED visits a year
B-Vision Loss
G-Get your eyes checked once a year
N-Organ Damage
B-Foot Pain and Footwear
N-Non-Healing Foot Wounds
N-Leg Sprains
O-Mayo Clinic
N-TBI
G-Vitamin D Supplements
N-Back Sprains
I-1,000,000 hospitalizations a year
O-Healthy Steps for Older Adults (HSOA)
G-Take care of your feet
O-National Safety Council
O-National Falls Prevention Resource Center (NCOA)
O-American Physical Therapy Association
G-Wear your glasses
O-National Commission on Aging
O-Eldercare Locator
I-In 2020, Illinois had the lowest percentage of falls 19.9% (399,651)
